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New COVID vaccines have arrived just as a vaccine equity program is ending

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration approved two COVID-19 vaccines earlier than expected due to record-breaking surges of the virus. Instead of releasing them in the fall, following the ...
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For kids with long COVID, “back to school” often means not returning at all

In January 2022, Jennifer Robertson’s now 11-year-old son, Fergus, developed long COVID, a condition in which the symptoms of COVID-19 linger for months or even years. Due to his symptoms, he missed ...
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Long COVID is a “public health crisis for kids,” experts say

For years, public health experts have said that COVID-19 infections in children are “mild.” According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the most common symptoms of COVID in ...
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All eyes on XEC: Why COVID sleuths are paying attention to this variant

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, suddenly breaks out like a horse from the gate, leaving the rest of the race behind. This time, it ...
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Children who contract COVID are more likely to suffer seizures, epilepsy: study

The latest COVID-19 discovery is a particularly troubling one given that it relates to children. “The neurology workforce should be prepared for a significant increase in the number of patients with ...
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“Leaky brain”: Lifting the fog behind this long COVID symptom could generate treatment

For many people, COVID-19 can be a relatively mild infection. For many others, it is not. For someone who is living with so-called long COVID, in which the symptoms last for months or even years, it ...
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Another report minimizes long COVID risk. Long haulers say the threat is being ignored

When Erica Hayes was infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in November 2020, her symptoms were mild and she didn’t even have a cough. It’s what followed that was worrisome: extreme weakness, such that ...
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Thousands of preterm births likely prevented by COVID-19 vaccines, study finds

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data that brought attention to a horrifying trend: the infant death rate in the U.S. increased by 3 percent in 2022.
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The coronavirus could mutate to cause more severe disease, according to experts

The coronavirus subvariant JN.1 continues to retain its status as the most dominant strain in the United States this year. In the first study published in the journal Cell, researchers found that BA.2 ...
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The names for COVID variants are a confusing alphabet soup. Here’s why it got so muddled

The virus has mutated thousands of times and will continue to do so, but not every mutation is advantageous or makes things worse for humans. Only some strains transform in such a way that they become ...
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Struggling with long COVID? You may find yourself in “Return to Oz”

A few weekends ago, everyone in my household was gone and I had a couple nights alone. Ordinarily when I have the house to myself, I cook a nice dinner, write and then watch my guilty pleasure: cheap ...